Jeffries campaigns in Ohio for Kaptur

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries visited Toledo, Ohio on October eighteenth to campaign for Rep. Marcy Kaptur in a heavily contested congressional district crucial for House majority control.

Jeffries says election climate favours Democrats

Jeffries said the election climate is holding firm for Democrats as they race to retake the House. He has travelled to some fifty cities campaigning for Democratic candidates.

Democrats reject Republican sweep prediction

Jeffries said House Republicans are divorced from reality in thinking the November third election will repeat the two thousand twenty-four sweep that put Trump in the White House and Republicans in Congress.

Jeffries attacks Trump's Russia sanctions waiver

Jeffries criticised President Trump's decision to waive sanctions on Russia, saying it undermines democracy and freedom for Ukrainian people. He said there will be bipartisan effort to pursue a new sanctions package.

“It's shocking, but not surprising, that an American president would do so much to undermine the cause of democracy, freedom and dignity for the Ukrainian people.”

Kaptur faces tough reelection in Trump district

Rep. Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in the House, is defending her Toledo-area seat. Trump has carried the district and Republicans are trying to flip it with GOP candidate Derek Merrin.

Kaptur condemns Trump's sanctions decision

Kaptur, founder and co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, had harsh words for Trump's decision to waive provisions of the Russia sanctions bill Congress had passed to help Ukraine.

“What he did is just un-American. He has sided with Putin.”

Congress expresses bipartisan outrage over waiver

Members of Congress from both parties expressed outrage over the weekend at Trump's decision to waive sanctions due to take effect Sunday. Speaker Mike Johnson said he knows the president is evaluating the situation.